This report shows the total number of HSC Distinguished Achiever awards won in each subject across all NSW schools in 2009.
| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | 36 |
| 2 | Accounting | 76 |
| 3 | Agriculture | 104 |
| 4 | Ancient History | 1399 |
| 5 | Arabic Continuers | 6 |
| 6 | Arabic Extension | 5 |
| 7 | Armenian Continuers | 2 |
| 8 | Automotive Examination | 3 |
| 9 | Biology | 1046 |
| 10 | Business Services Examination | 21 |
| 11 | Business Studies | 1262 |
| 12 | Chemistry | 1094 |
| 13 | Chinese Background Speakers | 127 |
| 14 | Chinese Beginners | 5 |
| 15 | Chinese Continuers | 54 |
| 16 | Chinese Extension | 39 |
| 17 | Classical Greek Continuers | 6 |
| 18 | Classical Greek Extension | 7 |
| 19 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | 8 |
| 20 | Classical Hebrew Extension | 12 |
| 21 | Community and Family Studies | 305 |
| 22 | Construction Examination | 7 |
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| 23 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | 9 |
| 24 | Croatian Continuers | 1 |
| 25 | Dance | 74 |
| 26 | Design and Technology | 308 |
| 27 | Drama | 587 |
| 28 | Dutch Continuers | 1 |
| 29 | Earth and Environmental Science | 112 |
| 30 | Economics | 862 |
| 31 | Electrotechnology Examination | 4 |
| 32 | Engineering Studies | 144 |
| 33 | English (Advanced) | 3075 |
| 34 | English (Standard) | 66 |
| 35 | English as a Second Language | 88 |
| 36 | English Extension 1 | 1286 |
| 37 | English Extension 2 | 611 |
| 38 | Entertainment Industry Examination | 39 |
| 39 | Filipino Continuers | 11 |
| 40 | Food Technology | 279 |
| 41 | French Beginners | 88 |
| 42 | French Continuers | 232 |
| 43 | French Extension | 110 |
| 44 | General Mathematics | 1770 |
| 45 | Geography | 514 |
| 46 | German Beginners | 16 |
| 47 | German Continuers | 77 |
| 48 | German Extension | 28 |
| 49 | Hindi Continuers | 10 |
| 50 | History Extension | 517 |
| 51 | Hospitality Examination | 252 |
| 52 | Hungarian Continuers | 3 |
| 53 | Indonesian Background Speakers | 4 |
| 54 | Indonesian Beginners | 7 |
| 55 | Indonesian Continuers | 24 |
| 56 | Indonesian Extension | 9 |
| 57 | Industrial Technology | 396 |
| 58 | Information Processes and Technology | 421 |
| 59 | Information Technology Examination | 19 |
| 60 | Italian Beginners | 78 |
| 61 | Italian Continuers | 67 |
| 62 | Italian Extension | 7 |
| 63 | Japanese Background Speakers | 7 |
| 64 | Japanese Beginners | 115 |
| 65 | Japanese Continuers | 180 |
| 66 | Japanese Extension | 74 |
| 67 | Khmer Continuers | 2 |
| 68 | Korean Background Speakers | 22 |
| 69 | Latin Continuers | 119 |
| 70 | Latin Extension | 76 |
| 71 | Legal Studies | 983 |
| 72 | Macedonian Continuers | 8 |
| 73 | Maltese Continuers | 2 |
| 74 | Mathematics | 2721 |
| 75 | Mathematics Extension 1 | 2978 |
| 76 | Mathematics Extension 2 | 1267 |
| 77 | Metal and Engineering Examination | 14 |
| 78 | Modern Greek Beginners | 13 |
| 79 | Modern Greek Continuers | 17 |
| 80 | Modern Greek Extension | 20 |
| 81 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | 24 |
| 82 | Modern History | 886 |
| 83 | Music 1 | 730 |
| 84 | Music 2 | 206 |
| 85 | Music Extension | 228 |
| 86 | Persian Background Speakers | 9 |
| 87 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | 1090 |
| 88 | Philosophy - Distinction Course | 12 |
| 89 | Physics | 1038 |
| 90 | Polish Continuers | 23 |
| 91 | Portuguese Continuers | 1 |
| 92 | Primary Industries Examination | 18 |
| 93 | Retail Services Examination | 15 |
| 94 | Russian Background Speakers | 8 |
| 95 | Senior Science | 369 |
| 96 | Serbian Continuers | 7 |
| 97 | Society and Culture | 272 |
| 98 | Software Design and Development | 115 |
| 99 | Spanish Beginners | 21 |
| 100 | Spanish Continuers | 19 |
| 101 | Spanish Extension | 8 |
| 102 | Studies of Religion I | 1109 |
| 103 | Studies of Religion II | 560 |
| 104 | Swedish Continuers | 2 |
| 105 | Tamil Continuers | 11 |
| 106 | Textiles and Design | 292 |
| 107 | Tourism Examination | 10 |
| 108 | Turkish Continuers | 4 |
| 109 | Ukrainian Continuers | 2 |
| 110 | Vietnamese Continuers | 3 |
| 111 | Visual Arts | 1178 |